This site will link you to the 2002 Spring elections, open from 12:01am on Monday, March 11, 2002 through 11:59pm on Thursday, March 14, 2002. Paper ballots will be available in lobby 10 between 9:00am and 5:00pm on Friday.
Voting just started! Do you not care about the UA election? Could you use $10? Then the answer is simple: Write in: "Creighton and Brar" as the UA President/Vice President. For the only time in your life, you could write-in a vote for a ticket that wins.
How to do it:
1) Click the 'vote' link below
2) For UAP/VP, Write in: "Creighton / Brar" (choose as #1 preference)
3) Submit your vote.
4) e-mail votecreighton@yahoo.com with your e-mail address as the subject to redeem your money.
5) Sit back and wait to collect your $10
After you vote, you can earn money through our referral program:
1) Tell an undergraduate to vote for us
2) e-mail
3) Sit back and wait to collect $10 in addition to other incentives earned through this program.*
*To receive $10, you need to send us their username before they do. If they send it first, they get the full $10.
Example:
You vote for us, send us an e-mail, and send us 6 referrals, who all vote for us. That means you get:
$10 + 6* $10= $70.
F.A.Q.
Q: Are you buying votes?
A: We're supporting the undergraduate body with undergraduate funds. Don't you feel that you know the best way to spend money that is meant to be spent on you?
Q: Where does the money come from?
A: A little known, and often never discussed fact of the UAP candidacy is the UAP discretionary Bush Fund, currently at $5,000. The purpose of the fund is to give $5,000 for the UA President to spend on "however he so pleases" and "the figures are not to be disclosed to anyone" You can find references to it on old Tech articles here:
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V113/N59/chung.59o.html
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V113/N55/council.55n.html
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V113/N57/finboard.57n.html
Since 500 votes is usually enough to win the UA election, that gives us enough money in the Bush Fund to pay $10 for each vote.
Q: Isn't a good UA president worth more that the $10 you'd give us?
A: First off, I will be a great UA president, I just think that it's better to run as a write in to prove that it was really the people's voice. And secondly, ask yourself when the last time you said to yourself "Man I'm glad I have a good UA president". Shit, can you even name the current president?
Q: When do I get the money?
A: Our payment is contingent on being elected so that we will have control over the Bush Fund. Immediately after the election, we will e-mail everyone on our list, if elected. We will then accept requests for people to be paid through Paypal.com. For those who don't prefer Paypal, we will set up a table in the student center with a list of everyone's name and pay you in cash. We are limiting the payment to the first 500 votes to collect, so cast your votes early!
Q: You guys are write-in's. How could you win?
A: First, it is important to note that a write-in won a previous UAP election in the 1970s, so this wouldn't be the first case of it happening. Second, because we aren't official candidates, we don't need to follow the same procedure as candidates on the ballot, so in many ways, we are at an advantage. It is a fact that most undergraduates at MIT don't care about the election. Because our voter base is comes from apathetic MIT students, we have the largest voter pool. Also, when have you ever had an incentive like this to vote?!
Q: What if I vote for Josiah, and send an e-mail to your list anyway?
A: It is possible that you could cheat this system, but we expect the vote count to be close. By providing you with cash, only if we win, we are providing you with positive incentive to actually vote for us and tell others to vote for us as well.
Q: Aren't you cheating the UA out of money? Is this embezzlement?
A: No. It may surprise you to find out that the UA president can spend that money on anything for him or herself, and you are not ever supposed to know about it. The UA also spends money on a lot of things to make itself feel self important. For example, in the UA council minutes: http://web.mit.edu/ua/www/minutes/091001Minutes.html
you'll see things like, "We received $30K from the d'Arbeloff fund to facilitate and improve alumni/student interactions over the next two years so we need a plan of how to do this . . . UA Retreat on Cape Cod is September 29-30 . . ."
Q: When I graduate from MIT, I intend to be a very important person, and I'm afraid that selling a vote could tarnish my image. Should I be worried?
A: We will keep the names of every voter that we pay completely confidential.
Q: I *do* care who is UA president somewhat. I really don't want Yoon to be president, and I'm worried that voting for you could make that happen. Can I still get $10 and vote for Josiah?
A: Yes! The answer is simple. Simply vote for "Creighton / Brar" as a write in for your #1 choice, and Josiah Seale/ Deora as your #2 choice. That means that if our ticket doesn't get enough votes, your vote automatically goes to Josiah's ticket in full force, so you have nothing to lose!
To prevent fraud, the UA voting system requires all voters to have MIT personal certificates. If you already have a certificate, and it hasn't expired yet, then you can vote now.
Otherwise, you can follow these directions to get a certificate:
If you're having trouble getting a certificate, you might want to look at Information Systems' documentation about MIT Web certificates.
Now you should be able to vote.
Hi ho!